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Topic Ecology for Kids

Common Core Standards Rl.4.1 Refere to details and examples when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. Rl.4.3 Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based upon specific information in the text. Rl.4.8 Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text. Rl.4.9 Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably. W.4.1a Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which related ideas are grouped to support the writer's purpose.

Suggested Student Objectives Students will write a persuasive essay using supporting reasons from different sourcces

Suggested Additional Readings Utilize Toolkit Texts: "A Strange Tree" Link to Paths to Discovery Magazine Unit 6 "Save Timber Woods" "Following Muir" "The Comb of Trees" "Enjoy the Earth" "Try to See it My Way" "Mystery at Reed's Pond"

Resource Links
 * A Look at New York Agriculture
 * Educational Videos
 * BrainPop Natural Resources Video
 * Geography of New York
 * Forests in NY
 * List of NY State Natural Resources

Activities

Assessments Students' Wrtiting will be assessed via ELA rubric for Writing

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